ReFocus: The Films of Kelly Reichardt

E. Dawn Hall (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

176 Seiten

2019
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
9781474452243 (ISBN)

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Over her six-film career, including works like Old Joy, Meek’s Cutoff and Certain Women, the independent filmmaker Kelly Reichardt has established a highly individual perspective on questions of gender, feminism, socioeconomics and sexual orientation, set within an aesthetic framework that is guided by the low-budget techniques of ‘slow cinema’, minimalism and neorealism. In this close reading of her films and production methods, E. Dawn Hall defines Reichardt’s auteur characteristics, arguing that she offers a contemporary and sustainable model for independent filmmakers in America.

E. Dawn Hall is a professor in the English Department at Western Kentucky University.

DedicationAcknowledgements

Kelly Reichardt as Auteur

A Closer Look: Kelly Reichardt

Precursor: River of GrassProductionA Female Centered Road MovieFeminist Counter-CinemaTaboo Topics: Post-Partum and Role ReversalsPowerless MenLiminal Existence

Growth: "Ode," "Then, A Year" and "Travis" "Ode" (1999) "Then, a Year" (2001) "Travis" (2004)

Discovery: Old Joy Production Complicating Masculinity Politics and Personal Identity Inserting the Feminine

Breakthrough:Wendy and Lucy ProductionNeo-Neorealism Gender and the Narrative of Homelessness Social Realism and the At-Risk vs. the Can-do Girl Ecofeminist Concerns

Expectations: Meek's Cutoff The Real Story of Meek Production SoundQuestions of Genre: Feminist WesternSlow Cinema and Neo-Neorealism"Politicking," Race, and Violence The Open Image in Slow Cinema

Expansion: Night Moves ProductionSound Denying ExpectationsPolitical ConnectionsHistorical Implications: OklahomaEarth Liberation Front (ELF)Maternity and Post FeminismA Character Study

Solidificaton: Certain WomenProductionAdaptation: Lost Characters and Open Endings

An Interview with Kelly Reichardt

Filmography

Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	31.08.2019
Reihe/Serie	ReFocus: The American Directors Series
Zusatzinfo	20 black and white illustrations
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	268 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-13	9781474452243 / 9781474452243
Zustand	Neuware